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Full Article NOTORNIS Journal of the Ornithological Society of New Zealand Volume 36 Part 1 March 1989 20th INTERNATIONAL ORNITHOLOGICAL CONGRESS 1990 Final Notice The 20th International Ornithological Congress will take place in Christchurch, New Zealand, on 2-9 December 1990. The Congress programme will include 7 plenary lectures, 48 symposia, contributed papers (spoken and poster), workshops, round-table discussions and films. There will be a mid-Congress excursion day. Longer tours are planned to interesting ornithological sites in New Zealand before and after the Congress, including the post-Congress cruises to subantarctic islands. The Second and Final Circular of the Congress will be available from 1 October 1989 and will include the registration papers and forms for submitting papers. In late 1990 New Zealand will also host the 20th World Conference of the International Council for Bird Preservation in Hamilton on 2 1-27 November 1990 and a Pacific Festival of Nature Films in Dunedin on 27 November - 1 December 1990. Requests for the Final Circular, which includes information on the above events, should be sent to: Dr Ben D. Bell, Secretary-General, 20th International Ornithological Congress, School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, PO. Box 600, Wellington, New Zealand (Telex NZ30882 WWLIB; Facsimile NZ 64-4-712070) ISSN 0029-4470 CONTENTS PIERCE, R. J.; MALONEY, R. F. Responses of Harriers in the MacKenzie Basin to the abundance of rabbits . .. .. PIERCE, R. J. Breeding and social patterns of Banded Dotterels (Charadrius bicinctus) at Cass River... RASCH, G. Cavity nesting in Stitchbirds and the use of artificial nest Sltes . .. .. TARBURTON, M. K. Subspeciation in the Red-tailed Tropicbird BROADY, P. A.; ADAMS, C. J.; CLEARY, P. J.; WEAVER, S.D. Ornithological observations at Edward VII Peninsula, Antarctica, in 1987-88 .. .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. O'DONNELL, C. F. J.; DILKS, P. J. Sap-feeding by the Kaka (Nestor meridionalis) in South Westland, New Zealand . Short Notes HUGHEY, K. F. D. The status of the Red-capped Dotterel in New Zealand . .. WORTHY, T. H. Mummified moa remains from Mt Owen, northwest Nelson . , ,, . , . , . , . ........ SEDDON, P. Copulation in the Yellow-eyed Penguin... CLARK, G. S. Cape Pigeons breeding and Westland Black Petrels seen at Chatharn Islands . .. GALBREATH, R; DOWDING, J. E. Genetics of polymorphism in the Little Shag .. .. .. .... ... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ... O'DONNELL, C. F. J.; DILKS, P. J. Feeding on fruits and flowers by insectivorous forest birds.. .. ... BARLOW, M. 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MALONEY ABSTRACT Harrier diet and population dynamics were studied at Tekapo fiver in 1985 and 1986. and stomach contents were analvsed from 239 specimens collected in the Cass Valley in 1983-85. Harriers in both study areas fed mdpon rabbits, including young live rabbits and carrion. Local changes in rabhir abundance led to changes in the distribution and numbers of harriers. Immature harriers were mainly transients and responded to changes in rabbit numbers more than adults did. When rabbits were scarce, the resident harriers fed more on alternative prey. such as skinks, but there was no corresponding increase in the numbers of birds eaten. Males fed on alternative prey more than females did. Males were outnumbered by females in the study area with lower prey diversity. INTRODUCTION In New Zealand, Australasian Harriers (Circus approximans) are flexible in the habitats they frequent and the food they eat (Baker-Gabb 1986). They are particularly common in the MacKenzie Basin and in other tussocklands east of the Southern Alps, where there are high numbers of rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus). In Otago in 1949, before large-scale rabbit control was under way, Gurr (1968) found rabbit remains in the stomachs of 90% of 331 harriers. Since then there have been few studies of high country harriers: Douglas (1970) found mainly remains of hare (Lepus europaeus) in regurgitated pellets cast at one nest, and Pierce (1986) found infrequent evidence of harrier predation at nests of stilts (Himantopus spp.). The present study was supplementary to research on feral cats (Felis catus) and ferrets (Mustela furo), designed to help understand patterns of predation intensity on riverbed birds. The main goal was to establish the responses of predators to fluctuating densities of rabbits, their staple food. For harriers, we examined whether depleted rabbit numbers would cause the birds to hunt elsewhere (numerical response) or to vary their diets and remain within the original area (functional response). 2 R. J. PIERCE and R. F. MALONEY NOTORNIS 36 A B A BCDE FGHI A BCDEFGHI P A BCDEFGH I KEY Blank .= 3 0 3 - 3.9 .4-4.9 25 FIGURE 1 - Zones 1-4 of the Tekapo study area and indices of rabbit abundance in three years. Size of dot denotes scale of rabbit sign (see key) and follows Anon (1968). A. March - May 1985; 6.March - April 1986; C. February 1987 1989 HARRIERS IN THE FulACKENZlE BASIN 3 Like most raptors, harriers are sexually dimorphic in reverse, females being larger than males (Carroll 1970). Overseas studies have revealed dietary differences between the sexes in several raptor species (Newton 1979). In the Manawatu, Baker-Gabb (1981 and unpub.) found that harriers preyed on a variety of animals and that females fed on larger prey than males. K'e were interested in finding out whether there were sex- or age-related differences in diet in the MacKenzie Basin, or whether rabbits were of equal importance to all cohorts. STUDY AREAS The main study area, 8.5 kd, comprised mainly tussock grassland, flanking the bed of the Tekapo River (44'05' S, 170'25' E) at 590-700 m a.s.1. We divided the study area into 250 rn grid-squares bordered by lines A-I and rows 0-4250 (Fig. 1). Within this area we recognised four zones. Zone I on the western side of the river (grid-line A of Fig. 1) comprised a well-vegetated terrace edge, bordering extensive tussock (Festuca) grassland. Zone 2 comprised the bed of the Tekapo River (grid-lines B and C), which had diverse vegetation ranging from herbfields and rank grass to thick matagouri (Discaria toumatou) and patches of willows (Salix spp.j. Zones 3 and 4 (grid-lines D-I) comprised a plateau of tussock grassland and a 25-30 m high terrace slope between grid-lines D and E. Rabbit-netting fences ran parallel to grid-tines A and C, thus separating the rabbits into three groups - zone 1, zone 2 and zones 3-4. North of the study area was a cluster of artificial ponds (Patterson's Ponds) surrounded by tall grass. The study area has warm summers and cold winters. The 1986 winter was colder than usual with about eight weeks of snow cover, compared with about two weeks of snow cover in 1985. Supplementary data were collected along the south-west bank of Cass River (43'50' S, 170°25' E), 25 km north of Tekapo River. The Cass River is in a deep valley, 710 m a.s.1. at the base, rising to 2000 m on the flanking Joseph Ridge. Like the Tekapo study area, the Cass Valley was mainly tussockland: it was more fully described by Pierce (1983). METHODS In the Tekapo study area, we captured harriers in wire cages (mammal traps) located at the grid points. The cages, 610 mm long, 340 mm wide and 300 mm high, were baited with rabbit meat from which all hair, claws and teeth had been removed.
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